As we commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the six million Jews of Blessed Memory and the millions of others who were killed by the evil Nazi regime. Ceremonies are being held around the world that include the lighting of six torches for the six million Jewish victims. As someone who is personally involved in many Organizations and Jewish Advocacy Groups, I have had the honor of meeting someone who has helped lead the fight against the troubling and growing trend of antisemitism and who has raised global awareness of the atrocities that were commited by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

Ronald Lauder is a prominent billionaire businessman, philanthropist, and art collector, best known as the President of the World Jewish Congress (since 2007) and co-founder of the Neue Galerie New York. A stalwart supporter of Jewish education and Holocaust remembrance, he established the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation and chairs the Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial Foundation. ​As leader of the World Jewish Congress since 2007, he focuses on combating global antisemitism, protecting Jewish rights, and representing Jewish communities worldwide, in which the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation runs 20 plus Jewish schools, kindergartens, and summer camps in Central and Eastern Europe.

He co-founded the Neue Galerie New York (opened 2001), a museum dedicated to Austrian and German art. He is a renowned collector, specializing in areas ranging........

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